The Mercedes 35 hp was a radical early car model designed in 1901 by Wilhelm Maybach and Paul Daimler, for Emil Jellinek. Produced in Stuttgart, Germany by the Daimler Motoren Gesellschaft (DMG), it began the Mercedes line of cars. After the 1926 merger with Benz & Cie., makers of Benz vehicles since 1871, the company name was changed to Daimler-BenzAG and the two model lines were merged to form the Mercedes-Benz line of automobiles. In 1998, Daimler-Benz AG merged with Chrysler, becoming DaimlerChrysler AG until the demerger from / disposal of Chrysler in 2007, where the company name was changed to Daimler AG .
Unlike the previous generation of automobiles, which were modified stagecoaches, the Mercedes 35 hp is regarded nowadays as the first car like the modern ones: it bore a powerful petrol engine, it was both wider and larger with a tailored steel chassis, and its center of gravity was near the ground. Originally designed as a racing car, the Mercedes 35 hp was also made for normal road use.